Cork-cabinet



(No Model.)

G. M.` WILSON & H. J. NEELY. CORK CABINET.

I ff? f5 A rrofmfys.

UNITED STATES GEORGE M. VILSON AND HARRY J.,

PATENT OFFICE.

NEELY, OE wILBUR, WASHINGTON.

CoRK-oABlNE'r.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,113, dated October 27, 1896.

Application filed October 29, 1895. Serial No. 567,305. (No model.)

` in Cork-Cabinets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of our invention is to construct a compact and convenient cabinet for holding corks of different sizes in position to be easily accessible for use.

Our invention consists in a case of drawers for holding corks of dierent sizes, a door closing over the drawers and having sufficient space for cork-holding tubes, which tubes are secured to the 'door and allowed to project below the lower edge thereof, so that corks may be withdrawn from any of the tubes when the door is shut. The tubes are crimped at the lower end to retain the larger end of the cork, while the smaller end projects in position to be grasped when required, all as hereinafter more fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the cabinet, showing the door open. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken through one of the drawers, the drawers being closed. Fig. 3 is a similar section showing the door and one of the drawers open, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the lower end of one of the tubes. 4

The external case A, which is made of any desired height, width, and thickness, contains a series of swinging semicircular drawers B, divided into two compartments a b by a partition c. Each drawer swings in the case A on a pivot cl, and is provided with a number of the corks. There are fourteen sizes of corks. Consequently the compartments are numbered consecutively from l to 14. To the front of the case A is hinged the door C, having in front of the drawers B a space e for the tubes f, f', f2, nbc., attached to the inner surface of the door. The said tubes vary in size according to the size of the cork they are intended to receive, and their lower ends project below the bottom of the door and are crimped, as shown in Fig. 4, to reduce the diameter of the tube at the end, so as to retain the larger end of the cork, while allowing the smaller end to project beyond the end of the tube, as shown, so that it may be readily7 grasped by the thumb and lingers and withdrawn from the tube.

The outer side of each tube is provided with a slit g, through which the corks may be seen, thus enabling any one to see when the tube requires refilling. The outer side of each tube is provided with 'a number corresponding with the number on the drawer from which it is to be iilled.

It is obvious that the tubes may be made removable from the door for convenience of filling.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-M Y l. A cork-cabinet having a plurality of cork-holding tubes secured to the inner face of its door with their lower ends projecting below the lower edge of the door, the said lower ends of the tubes being contracted to retain the smallerV ends of the lowermost corks projecting therefrom, to permit them to be readily grasped and withdrawn, substantially as described.

.2. The combination with a cabinet having a door for closing the same, of a plurality of cork-holding tubes secured to the inner face of the door, the said tubes having their lower ends crimped and proj ecting below the lower edge of the door, substantially as described.

3. A cork-cabinet, comprising a case provided with a plurality of drawers, a hinged door for closing the front of the case, and a plurality of slotted tubes for holding corks, said tubes being secured to the inner face of the door, and having their lower ends crimped and projecting below the lower end of the door, substantially as described.

GEORGE M. WILSON. HARRY J NEELY. Witnesses GEO. N. METZGER, WM. JONES. 

